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Monday, March 26, 2012

Galloping the Globe Plans

We are using Galloping the Globe and really enjoying it. This is a geography unit study geared for K-4th grade. I've stretched the lessons over a 2 year period. There are 9 units including 38 countries and an introduction.

Here's how I've divided the plan over 2 years....

Month

2011-2012

2012-2013

September

Introduction to Geography

Europe

October

North America

Europe

November

North America

Europe

December

Christmas Around the World

Europe

January

South America

The Poles

February

South America

Africa

March

Asia

Africa

April

Asia

Africa, Oceana

May

Asia

Oceana

From there, I created a chart of possible Countries, People/History, Science, Geography, and Five in a Row books I could incorporate based on suggestions in the Galloping the Globe guide. Here's that chart....

Galloping the Globe

9 units including 38 countries + Intro

Unit

Country

People/History

Science

Geography

FIAR

R&S Our Father’s World

Introduction to Geography

(September)

Using a Map

Basic

Explorers

Mercator

Prince Henry the Navigator

Bartholomew Diaz

Christopher Columbus

Francis Drake

Leif Ericson

Cabeza de Vaca

Vasco da Gama

John Cabet

Hernando de Soto

Amerigo Vespucci

Juan Ponce de Leon

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Ferdinand Magellan

CGC 2

Insects

CGC 13

Butterflies

Description of earth/globe

Continents Oceans

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

Grandfather’s Journey

Miss Rumphius

Pg 31-48; 95-111

North America

(October- November)

Canada

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Henry Hudson

Jacques Cartier

Moose

CGC 23 Animal Food Chain

St. Lawrence River

Hudson Bay

Bay

Very Last First Time

The Bee Tree

Pg 8-30

Mexico

Charro: The Mexican Cowboy

Benito Juarez

Hernando Cortez

Mexican Independence Day

Pancho Villa

Volcanoes

Gulf

Gulf of Mexico

United States

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

Current President

Native American Indians

American Flag

Barrack Obama

Buffalo

CGC 26a

Rabbits

Beaver

Otters

Squirrels

Skunk

Raccoons

Porcupine

Cougars

Prairie Dogs

Manatees

General Animal Books

Rocky Mountains

Mountain Range

Cranberry Thanksgiving

When I Was Young and in the Mountains

They Were Strong and Good

Lentil

Owl Moon

Gramma’s Walk

Higgens Bend Song and Dance

Amber on the Mountain

Roxaboxen

Down, Down the Mountain

Warm as Wool

All Those Secrets of the World

The Rag Coat

Mailing May

Climbing Kansas Mountain

The Finest Horse in Town

Paul Revere’s Ride

Cowboy Charlie

Night of the Moon Jellies

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening

The Finest Horse in Town

The Little Red Lighthouse

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Three Names

The Gullywasher

Daniel’s Duck

Snowflake Bentley

The Raft

Pg 50-53

Christmas Around the World

(December)

Japan

China

Russia

Great Britain

France

Italy

Germany

Spain

Mexico

Nigeria

St. Nicholas

Deer and Reindeer

South America

(January- February)

Anteater

Chinchilla

Giant Armadillo

Jaguar

Sloth

Birds

CGC 18

Pg 54-61

Brazil

Rain Forest

Tamarin

Tapir

Capybara

Piranha

Amazon River

Jungle

Venezuela

Simon Bolivar

Anteater

Giant Armadillo

Jaguar

Highland

Peru

Francisco Pizarro

Sloth

Mountain Pass

Argentina

Squid

Rhea

Pampas

Asia

(March, April, May)

China

Hudson Taylor

Eric Liddell

Marco Polo

Lottie Moon

Qin Shi Huangdi

Ducks

Pandas

Sloth Bear

Orangutans

Snow Leopard

Yangtze River

Terra Cotta Army

Great Wall of China

The Story About Ping

Pg 62-70

South Korea

Bob Pierce

CGC 15 Animal Kingdom

Japan

Hokusai

Commodore Perry

Emperor Hirohito

CGC 19 Intro to Mammals

Japanese Macaque

Archipelago

A Pair of Red Clogs

Grass Sandals

India

Amy Carmichael

William Carey

Gandhi

Elephants

CGC 20

Tigers

Water Buffalo

Chevrotain

Sea

Israel

Jesus

Abraham

Isaac

Jacob

Children of Israel as God’s chosen people

David Ben-Gurion

Golda Meir

Donkey

Unit

Country

People/History

Science

Geography

FIAR

R&S Our Father’s World

Europe

(September-December)

Russia

Catherine the Great

Peter Tchaikovsky

Peter the Great

Yuri Gagarin

CGC 22 Animal Structure

Bears

Wolves

Ural Mountains

Tundra

Another Celebrated Dancing Bear

Pg 76-80

Great Britain

William Shakespeare

Elizabeth I

Charles Dickens

Beatrix Potter

Florence Nightingale

Sheep

Channel

Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

France

Marie Curie

Louis Pasteur

Claude Monet

Joan of Arc

Trees

CGC 11

Palisade

Giraffe That Walked to Paris

Mirette on the High Wire

Madeline

Glorious Flight (English Channel)

Italy

Michelangelo

Leonardo Da Vinci

Galileo

Giotto

Astronomy

CGC 2 The Universe

CGC 3 Our Solar System

Papa Piccolo

Clown of God

Angelo

Germany

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Johannes Gutenberg

Albert Einstein

Johann Sebastian Bach

Brahms

Handel

Robert Schumann

Castles

CGC 10a Plants

The Duchess Bakes a Cake

A New Coat for Anna

Holland/

Netherlands

Rembrandt

Vincent Van Gogh

Johannes Vermeer

Flowers

CGC 10b Flowers

Polder

Spain

Queen Isabella

Bulls/Cattle/Cows

Cork

Peninsula

Story of Ferdinand

Spain

Queen Isabella

The Poles

(January)

Antarctica

Roald Amundsen

Ernest Shackleton

Sir James Ross

Robert Scott

Penguins

Iceberg

Floe

Ice Sheet

Pg 71-75

Africa

(February-April)

Giraffe

Apes & Monkeys

Chimpanzees

Gorillas

Hippopotamus

Lions

Ostrich

Rhinoceros

Zebras

Pg 85-94

South Africa

Nelson Mandela

Boer Goats

Meerkat

Cheetah

Cape

Kenya

Maasai

Verna Aardema

Giraffe

Hippopotamus

Lion

Ostrich

Zebra

Lake

Valley

Morocco

Strait

Nigeria

Mary Slessor

King Eyo Honesty VII

Warthog

Waterbuck

Egypt

Cleopatra

King Tutankhamen

Hatshepsut

Deserts

Nile River

Delta

The Giraffe that Walked to Paris

Oceana

(May)

Australia

James Cook

Robert Burke & William Wills

Matthew Flinders

Coral Reef

Kangaroo

Wombats

Koalas

Crocodile

Tasmanian Devil

Duck-billed platypus

Reef

Key

Pumpkin Runner

Pg 81-84;

Review & Test pg 112-117

New Zealand

Margaret Mahy

Fruits & Vegetables

Kiwi

Kune kune Pig

Island

Since we have a separate formal history and science course, we will not touch on all the subjects listed above. This was just an idea guide in my initial planning stage.

We are studying each country for 2 weeks. Here's the daily break down for each of those 2 weeks....

Monday

Locate continent/country on map

Read -

Color and label map

Monday

Review country

Vocabulary

Literature -

Tuesday

Children Just Like Me

Color flag

Missionary

Tuesday

Animals

Missionary

Worksheet

Wednesday

Read –

Geographic features

Map data box

Wednesday

Literature -

Activity

Bible verse

Thursday

Missionary

Animals

Worksheet

Thursday

Animals

Worksheet

Literature -

Friday

Read –

Bible verse/copywork

Friday

Animal report

Make a meal

Again, there are not always enough suggestions to cover each idea for each day listed above. For example, we may only cover 1-2 missionary stories over the 2 week period. Or maybe there are fewer animals to study in some countries and more to study in others. This is just an outline for each week. It helps me stay on task.

We are currently studying South Korea in Asia. The kids are really enjoying Galloping the Globe. I feel it's a great over view of the world. Obviously, we don't cover every country in the world, but it's enough for early elementary. We also have a markable map on our school room wall. This is were we keep track of each country we study.

Each child has a binder with notebooking pages to complete with each country. Some of them are printable worksheets from the Galloping the Globe book and some were downloaded from Homeschool Creations.

Here's a list of recommended resources based on an old and new version of Galloping the Globe. I've highlighted the ones we use regularly. I feel they're more relevant to our study. Of course, you would need to pick the areas you want to focus on and choose resources accordingly.

Recommended Resources:

Considering God’s Creation (CGC)

Geography from A to Z

Our Father’s World (2nd grade Rod & Staff)

Missionary Stories with the Millers

Heaven’s Heroes – by David Shibley

Children Just Like Me – Kindersley

Profiles from History Volume 1 – Wiggers

Big Book of Books and Activities

Marvels of Creation series – by Buddy & Kay Davis

The Usborne Book of Famous Lives

Eat Your Way around the World

Zoo Guide

Aquarium Guide

Galloping the Globe is working well for our family. I like that I can tweak it to make it our own. Remember, let your curriculum be your slave, not your master.

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